Someone tag me when this thread gets bumped in the future because homie fell to his death.
'Free Solo' preview out from National Geographic
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KANG LIFE
Its hard for me respect dude.
Is it a great feat to play russian roulette and keep winning?
Is it a great feat to play russian roulette and keep winning?
Yep. It's the difference between hitting 100 free throws and hitting 100 free throws when every single one is to win the national championship....and you're executed if you lose.
It's absolutely nothing like Russian Roulette. It takes incredible physical talent, incredible skill, and incredible nerves.
There are a certain number of people in the world who can hit 100 free throws in a row. There are far fewer people who can hit 100 free throws in a row if every 10th one is a crazy trick shot that only a few elite players can hit.
Now how many people can hit 100 free throws in a row, with every 10th shot being a crazy trick shot...when the stress of their life being on the line hangs on every one?
The breh has no fear at all. But even with no fear, it's an incredible physical accomplishment, to climb a 3200 foot straight vertical cliff with minimal handholds and footholds when you can never take a break or rest on the rope or let your guard down even once.
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
Shyt like this confirms cacs have such easy lives....
Well... don’t fall.
The only thing more absurd and dangerous than this is betting on Kenley Jansen to close a game.
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No..Money..Mo..Problems
it is what it is
You can't cheat death forever. I guarantee you breh gonna fall to his death the longer he continues.
The only thing more absurd and dangerous than this is betting on Kenley Jansen to close a game.
Never gonna forgive that shyt breh, me and you had that 1000 cash in our hands dawg, i could literally see it
just 1 strike you fat fukk
Amare's Right Hook
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Free Hope Solo
Who is "they"? 90% of the world is going to mock him and call him an idiot who should have known better if he falls to his death.
That's a big part of the pressure for me. Every moment he's on that cliff, he has to reprove his life's goal to everyone. No matter how much he does, one mistake and everything he's ever done is invalidated in the eyes of the world.
Like a helmet gonna do you any good when you're falling half-a-mile off a sheer rock face.
The only thing a helmet would really help you with is the occasional rock randomly falling from above, and it probably would limit his head flexibility and interfere with some of his moves so it wouldn't even be worth it.
I think one of these guys was wearing a helmet on the same cliff and it didn't matter at all:
Two Expert Climbers Killed in Fall From El Cap’s Freeblast
CHRIS VAN LEUVEN
JUN 2, 2018
- Eye Witness Recounts Tragic Accident on El Cap's Freeblast.
Jason Wells (left) and Tim Klein (right) during an ascent of the Nose in May, 2017.
Greg Murphy
On the morning of June 2 at 8 a.m., while speed climbing on the lower pitches of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan—a section called Freeblast—two highly experienced climbers, Tim Klein and Jason Wells, were involved in a fatal accident. The team was simul-climbing through Pitch 9 or 10, 5.7 terrain approaching Mammoth Terraces, when the incident occurred. A scream was heard and both climbers fell, roped together, 1,000 feet to the ground.
wonder how that must feel falling that high to your death
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
U not gonna feel shyt if u fall from that high up
Saw the thread title and thought Hope Solo's beef curtains got the National Geographic treatment 
I think about that too much man....the amount of time you'd have to think about your lack of future on the way down...
He actually decided to take some time off from free soloing after he completed El Capitan last year. Said he was gonna spend some time learning more and more difficult climbs (with ropes), setting some speed records, etc. But he'll probably go back to free soloing eventually, and he'll be able to do even more difficult stuff then. Though I don't know what's really left that is more exciting than El Capitan.
David_TheMan
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If it makes him happy more power to him, but seems needlessly dangerous and reckless.